I want to ask you, if there was an Ebola outbreak in your area and a vaccine for Ebola was available, would you take it? Would you let your kids take it?

A few people in the office said to me that I can’t really compare Ebola to Measles. I'm not a doctor but I did some research and found that 674,000 people passed away (in underdeveloped countries) due to measles in 2011 alone!

In 2013, there were 145,700 deaths globally from the disease, a huge decrease from the 2011 figures, thanks to the measles vaccine.

What I am trying to say is that vaccines are ok! They were designed to protect us. We are so lucky that our parents had us vaccinated.

We have grown up not having to worry about getting sick. Now, slowly, people are choosing not to vaccinate their kids. All because of one man's report linking vaccines to autism in 1998. A report that had a financial conflict of interest and the fact that no other scientist could match the original findings of this report.

I 100% understand there are risks involved in everything you do, but the risks in vaccinating your kids are so small. Some people can’t be vaccinated due to allergies. This means disease prevention is doubly important, we need to make sure we don’t get sick, which could in turn, make the unvaccinated people deathly ill.

Everyone can make up their own mind. I'll always support someone's decision to not vaccinate, as long as they are aware of the risks they are taking for their child and other children.

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